USNS Spica
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Spica.
USNS Spica (T-AFS-9), was a combat stores ship acquired by the U.S. Navy from the United Kingdom in 1981. She participated in Operation Fiery Vigil to evacuate Clark Air Base personnel following the Mount Pinatubo Eruption in 1991. She served as part of the Military Sealift Command until she was deactivated in 2008.
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United States | |
Name | USNS Spica |
Ordered | For the Royal Navy as RFA Tarbatness (A-345) |
Builder | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd., Wallsend-On-Tyne |
Laid down | 1 April 1965 |
Launched | 1 February 1967 |
Acquired | Purchased by the U.S. Navy, 1 November 1981 |
In service | 1 November 1981, as USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) |
Out of service | 26 January 2008 |
Identification | IMO number: 6709933 |
Honors and awards | Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation |
Fate | Sunk as target 6 May 2009 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Sirius-class combat stores ship |
Tonnage | 6475 deadweight tonnage |
Displacement | 10,205 tons light, 16,680 tons full load |
Length | 523 ft (159 m) o/a |
Beam | 72 ft (22 m) |
Draft | 26 ft (7.9 m) (max.) |
Propulsion | 1 × diesel engine, 11,520 bhp (8,590 kW), single propeller |
Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h) |
Complement | 123 Civilian, 47 Navy |
Armament | None |
Aircraft carried | 2 × UH-46 Sea Knight helicopters |
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Before her U.S. Navy career, Spica served the United Kingdom's Royal Fleet Auxiliary as RFA Tarbatness (A345).